The IPCC report is a massive alert that the time for climate action is nearly gone, but crucially not gone yet | Greg Jericho

Australia cannot afford another election campaign that views the science of climate change as something we can ignoreThe latest IPCC report released on Monday essentially lets the world know just how big a hole it has gotten itself into. The good thing is it also lets us all know how we can get out. The problem of course is that when you are in a hole, the first thing you have to do is stop digging.Lest there still be any misunderstanding - whether it be through ignorance or due to listening to those in the media and politics who seek to mislead - the climate right now is warmer than it has been in modern human history. Continue reading...